Fish lure



Feb. 26, 1946. w L, P ER ON 2,395,641

FISH LURE Filed Dec. 4, 1944 I x [I ll a a %/fer Z. Pe/emon.

defects, may be Patented Feb. 26, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FISH LURE Walter L. Peterson, Milwaukee, Wis. Application December 4, 1944, Serial No. 566,540

3 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in fish lures for trolling especially, although not necessarily,

The invention is designed with the primary object in view of providing a fish lure of the artiflcial minnow type adapted to function as a spinner and equipped with duplex hooks settable so as to obviate fouling by weeds and the like, and into cocked positions for automatic operation to embed the same into the mouths of biting fish."

Another object is to provide a device of the character and for the purposes above set forth which is simple in construction, involves a minimum number of parts, is proof against developing formed, for the greater part, out of stamped metal, and is otherwise adapted to be manufactured at a low cost,

To the accomplishment of the above, and subordinate objects presently appearing, a preferred embodiment of my invention has been illustrated in the accompanying drawing, set forth in detail in the succeeding description, and defined in the claims appended hereto.

In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of my improved fish lure with the hooks set,

Figure 2 is a view in edge elevation of the same,

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 showing the hooks sprung from cocked positions, and

Figure 4 is a view in transverse section taken on the line 44 of Figure 1, and drawn to an enlarged scale. I

Referring to the drawing by numerals, my improved fish lure, as shown, comprises a body I of flat rigid material, preferably shiny metal, provided with a pointed, snout-like front end 2, a coplanar elongated tail 3 reduced in width as compared with that of the body I, for a purpose presently seen, and a pair of fiat blades 4 at the end of said tail 3 arranged upon oppositesides of the longitudinal axis of said body and tail and inclining laterally and rearwardly, oppositely, from opposite sides of the tail. The front end 2 is provided with an aperture 5 for the attachment of a line, not shown, thereto.

The side edges of the body I from the tail 3 are bent laterally and oppositely to form longitudinal fins 6 inclined at obtuse angles from the plane of the body I and tapering forwardly. The fins 6 are inclined on each side of the longitudinal axis of the body toward the same side of said body as the blades 4 on the same side of said axis. As will be seen in Figures 2 and 3, the fins 8 merge with the edges of the front end 2 at the line where the latter begins to taper to form the end.

A pair of hooks 1 having front end eyes 8 on the shanks 9 thereof are riveted, as at H), through said eyes 9 to opposite sides of the body at the juncture of the bodyand tail 3 and upon opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of said body and tail, with the shanks 8 thereof extending rearwardly of the blades 4 between the same and terminating in the usual barb ends ll trailing said blades 4. As best shown in Figure. 1, the hooks 1 from the rivets ID are arranged so that the shanks 9 incline into crossed relation to dispose the barb ends II in spaced-apart, overlying relation. The shanks 9 of the hooks l are formed of flexible, resilient material and the blades 4 in the contiguous side edges thereof with corner notches l2 into which said shanks 9 may be set and cocked by flexing said shanks outwardly. The shanks 9 are arranged to bear, under tension, against said contiguous edges of the blades 4 so that when the same are flexed outwardly, said shanks will snap into said notches l2 into set, cocked positions in which the barb ends I: are spaced apart side by side sufiiciently for the fish to bite, but in a manner such that the shanks 9 fend weeds away from said barb ends II and prevent such matter from fouling the hooks. As best shown in Figure 2, when said hooks 1 are set and cocked, the shanks 9 diverge rearwardly across the blades 4 and thereby act to fend weeds away from the blades and prevent fouling there- Referring now to the operation of the described invention. When the lure is drawn through the water, as in trolling, the fins 6 and blades 4 cause the same to spin rapidly, or revolve, in the water. With the hooks 7 set and cocked, as described, when a fish bites, or strikes, the shanks 9 are unseated, or released, from the notches I2 and spring inwardly along the contiguous edges of the blades 4 close to the sides of the tail 3, thereby moving the barb ends outwardly, and laterally, to thrust said ends into the mouths of the fish, or into the body of the fish, and thereby securely hook the same.

The described lure, with the exception of the hooks I and rivets It, may be stamped out of any suitable inexpensive metal, subsequently plated to render the same shiny which will be understood, or the body I and tail 3 may be painted in various colors to attract the fish The foregoing will, it is believed, suflice to imfor reasons 2 mason part a clear understandin of my invention withsaid ends exposed in the rear oisaid tail. said out further explanation. barbends overlapping in spaced apart side-by- Maniiestly, the invention. as described, is susside relation and being turned inwardly toward ceptible of modification without departing irom each other to render the same accessible to flsh the inventive conce t, and right is herein re- 5 and obviate iouling oi the-hooks by weeds, the served to such modifications as fall within the shanks of said hooks being resilient for flexing scope of the appended claims. laterally away from said tail and to spring back What I claim is: toward the tail, said blades having notches there- 1. A flsh lure of minnow-like iorm comprising in with which said shanks may be interlocked a rigid flat body having a tail terminating in a 10 in set cocked position by such flexing for release pair of flat blades inclined oppositely rearwardly by biting fish to spring back and thrust the barb from opposite sides of the tail and upon oppoends into the fish. site sides of the longitudinal axis of said body 3. A ilsh lure of minnow-like iorm comprising to cause the same to spin in the water when a rigid fiat body having a tail terminating in a drawn therethrough, and a pair of hooks having 15 pair of flat blades inclined oppositely rearwardly shanks flxed to opposite sides of said body to from opposite sides of the tail and upon oppoextend along said tail and barb ends trailing said site sides of the longitudinal axis of said body to blades whereby said hooks are spun with said cause the same to spin in the water when drawn body with said ends exposed in the rear of said therethrough, and a pair oi hooks having shanks tail, said barb ends overlapping in spaced-apart go fixed to opposite sides of said body to extend side-by-side relation and being turned inwardly along said tail and barb ends trailing said blades toward each other to render the same accessible whereby said hooks are spun with said body with to flsh and obviate fouling oi the hooks by weeds, said ends exposed in the rear of said tail, said said shanks being resilient ior flexing into a barb ends overlapping in spaced-apart side-bycocked position to hold said barbed ends in said u side relation and being turned inwardly toward relation. said blades embodying means for reeach other to render the sameaccessible to fish leasably interlocking with said shanks to mainand obviate fouling of the hooks by weeds, said tain the same in cocked position. body having elongated longitudinally taperin 2. A flsh lure of minnow-like form comprising side edge fins each inclined laterally from the a rigid flat body having a tall terminating in a a same side of the body as the blades on the same pair oi! flat blades inclined oppositely rearwardly side of said longitudinal axis, said fins coacting from opposite sides of the tail and upon opposite with said blades to cause said body to spin, said sides of the longitudinal axis of said body to shanks being resilient for flexing into a cooked cause the same to spin in the water when drawn position to hold said barbed ends in said relathei'ethrough. and apair o! hooks having shanks 35 tion, said blades embodying means for releasflxed to opposite sides oi said body to extend ably interlocking with said shanks to maintain along said tail and barb ends trailing said blades the same in cocked position. whereby said hooks are spun with said body with WALTER L. PETERSON. 

